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2016
Unique subscribers
2015
4.7bn
2020
5.6bn
72% PENETRATION RATE
Contribution to GDP
2015
$3.1tn
4.2% GDP
2020
$3.7tn
7.3bn
99%
PENETRATION
RATE
2020
8.9bn
Capital expenditure
Total capex from 2010 -2015
$883bn
Total capex from 2015-2020
forecast at
$899bn
5.8bn 49%
71%
by 2020
Policymakers all over the world are working to implement reforms that will protect
competition and consumers without impeding social and economic progress. In most markets,
regulatory policies and institutions need to be reviewed, and potentially overhauled
A clean-slate
approach
Bottom-up
Regulation needs to
accommodate rapid changes in
markets, technologies and
business models, while
ensuring sufficient regulatory
confidence for companies to
take risks.
1 2 3
Regulation should be
technology-agnostic and
achieve its objective in the
most efficient way regardless
of the technologies, industry
structures or legacy regulatory
regimes.
Opportunity
Following these principles should ensure a new regulatory framework will apply
consistently to all elements of the digital ecosystem, regardless of the technology or
business model in use. As well as being cost-effective, it will be flexible because it will
allow markets and technologies to evolve while preserving and enhancing regulators
ability to achieve their objectives.
This is an extract from The Mobile Economy 2016
gsmamobileeconomy.com/2016/global